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Carriage-Fender.

No. 68,951. V Patented Sept. 17, 1867.

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GEORGE J. GAPEWELL, OF WEST -CHESHIRE, CQNNEGTIOUT. Letters Patent No.'68,951, dated September l7, 1867;

' r IMPROVEMENT IN CARRIAGE-ATTACHMENT.

TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN: 3 Be it known that I, GEORGE J. GAPEWELL, of West Cheshire, in the county-of New haven, and State of Connecticut, have invented a new and improved Attachment to Carriages; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, which, will enable others skilled in the art to make and r 7 usethe same, ref'erencebeing had to the accompanying drawings; forming part of thisspecification. l The present invention relates to a novel attachment to the body of wagons, carriages, and other vehicles,.

which attachment consists of a roller applied to the wagon at such points of the same as will serve as a fehder to the front wheels, andprevent them from coming in contact with the wagon body as they are swung'around in the act of turning the wagon, and also prevent the wheels from becoming cramped against the wagon body. 'In the accompanying plate of drawings my improved attachment is illustrated- Figure 1 being a side view or elevation of a wagon having it applied thereto, and Figure 211 plan view of the under side of the wagon body. l Similar letters of reference indicate like parts. p A A, in the drawings, represent the tender and. cramp-rollers, one being provided for each side'of the wagon body, to which they are both attached at the proper points of the same for the front wheels'to act against them through plates or holders B, that are made of a'circular shape, and provided with suitable bearings C for i the rollers to turn in. These plates B are hung so as'to swing upon the wagon body, they being fixed or made stationary by means of set-screws D passing through circular or nrc-shapedslots E of the same, by'whicb P .means the position of the rollers with reference to the side of the wagon body or the act ion of the wheels thereon can be changed and adjusted at pleasure, and according as may be desired or found necessary. The i plates to which the rollers A are hung also act as steps to the wagon for facilitating the getting in and out of 1 persons. A i 1 i To prevent all lateral play of the rollers upon their holders, and thus the noise consequent thereon, Iuse at each end of the said rollers suitable washers F therefor, the rollers being made of rubber or other similar material to prevent any unpleasant noise arising from the running of the wagon-wheels against and in contact with them. i a l Having thus described my invention, what I claim as-new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-- 1. A holder or plate-B, for the fender-rollers A, made of such a form as to act as a step to the Wagoner other vehicle, substantially as described. l

2. Securing the fender-roller holders B to the vehicle in such manner that the rollers can be adjusted without detaching the holders, substantially as described for the purpose specified. i i 3. The washers F, at the ends of the rollers A, for the purpose described.

The above specification of my invention signed by'me this day of September, 1866.

' GEORGE J. GAPEWELL.

Witnesses:

Wm. F. MONAMARA, ALBERT W. Bnown'. t 

